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Climate - 2019 Activity Report
The effects of climate change are putting people and ecosystems in peril, especially in the developing countries most vulnerable to climate change. To limit the increase in global temperatures by the...
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2019 State of Climate Services Report - Speakers' presentations
This 2019 State of Climate Services Report, presented by the World Meteorological Organization focuses on agriculture and food security. It reviews countries’ priorities on climate services for ada...
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AFD and the Philippines
The Philippine archipelago, made up of more than 7,100 islands, faces major challenges of climatic, environmental and social vulnerabilities. AFD’s action in the Philippines focuses on natural risk ma...
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AFD and Indonesia
AFD Group has been working in Indonesia for over fifteen years to promote green and inclusive growth, with the goal of supporting the country’s low-carbon development in the framework of a just and re...
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Inequality and Income Mobility in Egypt
This paper explores trends in wage and income levels and inequality and mobility in Egypt, especially since 2012. Data are from the 1998, 2006, 2012, and 2018 waves of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Sur...
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2019 Universal Registration Document
AFD maintained its growth trajectory in 2019 and reached critical size. For the first time, the Group’s commitment approvals exceeded the €14 billion threshold at exactly €14.1 billion, versus €11.4 b...
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AFD and Thailand
Thailand, Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, is an emerging country. But it faces a three-fold challenge: the ageing of its population, the maintenance of competitiveness and environmental prese...
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Waste Processing with Irène Salenson
Global waste is growing exponentially. This is partially due to population growth, but also to changing consumption patterns… In developing countries, local authorities are struggling to cope because...
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Hydromet Project: Annex 6 - Environmental and Social Management Framework
This document presents the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) of the project titled “Building Regional Resilience through Strengthened Meteorological, Hydrological and Climate Servic...
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Cambodia: The magical ears of Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh Water Supply authority (PPWSA), in Cambodia, is one of the most efficient in the world, with only 8% water loss, which allows it to keep prices very low. These results are only possible tha...
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Data opportunities and challenges for calculating a global Strong Environmental Sustainability (SES) index
The Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) framework sets the basis to measure countries’ environmental sustainability performance, based on standards meant to represent the situation at which natur...
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Health and social protection - 2019 Activity report
Health and social protection are central to sustainable development. These sectors are fundamental pillars for the development of human capital. The lack of access to health care, its poor quality and...
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Dona Mena and sustainable cashew farming in Mozambique
Dona Mena is a cashew producer in the Gilé reserve in Mozambique. AFD is funding a project there which aims to contribute to strengthening the cashew nut sector in order to allow a sustainable improve...
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Cultural and Creative Industries - 2018-2019 Activity Report
In 2005, the General Conference of UNESCO adopted the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. In November 2016, the French Interministerial Committee for I...
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Energy - 2019 Activity Report
In 2019, AFD Group’s financing for energy transition reached €2.8 billion, including some €1 billion for the private sector. This accounts for 20% of Group allocations, representing an increase of...
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Prescriptions for inclusion in construction/worksite ESMPS to strengthen Covid-19 health control
This document provides prescriptions to be integrated into the health and safety sections of environmental and social management plans and systems of projects financed by the French Agency for Develop...
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AFD Group and Georgia
AFD Group promotes a fair and inclusive transition in Georgia, and its convergence path towards its integration in the European Union. It has been operating in Georgia since 2012 in the sectors of ene...
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Inequality trends in South Africa: A multidimensional diagnostic of inequality
This report on inequality trends in South Africa is a joint publication produced by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in partnership with the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SAL...
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AFD and State-Owned Enterprises
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a role in the implementation of development policies. For this reason, they are key players in a country’s economic and social environment, and improving their perf...
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Part 1: I4CE - A Framework for Alignment with the Paris Agreement: Why, What and How for Financial Institution...
Alignment with the Paris Agreement has become the new frontier of climate finance. Financial institutions, whether seeking sustainable development impacts or with commercial goals, are increasingly co...
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